I'm just trying to get my head around Microsoft's stupidity

[Marcos]

So the original 360 doesnt let you put game saves to USB sticks, you have to buy proprietary memory cards & hard drives. And you need proprietary data transfer cables to transfer ONLY to other original 360 consoles.

And then, the new 360 slim does not work with any of that nonsense and lets you use USB sticks to put game saves on. But you can transfer game saves from the older consoles.

Genius!

Its a good thing I don't own a gun, I think I'd off myself when I try to imagine the lack of logic and common sense over there.

 

[Kreeeee]

Old 360's can use usb sticks.

 

[TheVoice]

What? Any 360 can use USB storage, as long as it's running a reasonably recent version of the dashboard.

 

[Marcos]

Old 360's can use usb sticks.

To transfer game saves?

 

[Simon]

I used a 32 gig stick to transfer from my old Xbox to a 320gig slim

 

[TheVoice]

To transfer game saves?

Yes. The new consoles are not functionally any different to the old ones.

 

[Avathar77]

I guess OP should update the dashboard eh?

 

[EDDS]

Thanks for the lolz!

 

[Marcos]

Hmm, gonna test this now, when i googled it all the top answers said otherwise. And I didnt put it past M$ to set it up so backwards.

Maybe they have patched it, but for a while there their plan was to not have compatibility between their old console and new slim one

 

[Phemo]

No I have no idea what you're on about - the functionality has always been there. I bought a slim within a couple of weeks of it coming out and used a USB stick to transfer all the stuff from my old 360 to the slim. Never had a problem.

Maybe they have patched it, but for a while there their plan was to not have compatibility between their old console and new slim one

Why on earth would they ever want to do that? They want people to 'upgrade' to the slim so it was in their interests to make it easy to do, which fortunately, they did.

 

[HarryPainful]

Its worked ever since the halo reach slim console came out (around sept 2010) at the latest, I used a 16GB stick to transfer everything from my fat to the new slim.

 

[EDDS]

OP still seems to be trying to blame MSFT for his google results.

Should have Bing'ed it

 

[Quick Mustard]

OP still seems to be trying to blame MSFT for his google results.

Should have Bing'ed it

lol

 

[exhashdotdot]

They also force advertisements onto your dashboard even if you pay for Xbox live!

 

[ShakenNstirred]

Hmm, gonna test this now, when i googled it all the top answers said otherwise. And I didnt put it past M$ to set it up so backwards.

Maybe they have patched it, but for a while there their plan was to not have compatibility between their old console and new slim one

no idea where you read that
the old 360 and the slim work the same
the slim is only a update to the motherboard(hardware wise) as in the same way all the old sony playstations were

 

[bloodiedathame]

I thought it was a dash update that enabled using a USB drive to move data, before that I thought a transfer cable was necessary.

 

[jamesy505]

Transfer via USB have been available for yonks

 

[antijoke]

I'm just trying to get my head around the OP's stupidity.

 

[Jase]

Its a good thing I don't own a gun

Now that bit is true!

 

[Simon]

Lol